Possession is an Australian television soap opera made by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Nine Network in 1985.
The series began with a convoluted espionage incident that uncovered the interpersonal dramas and family secrets of several wealthy, powerful and glamorous women, their handsome young lovers, and long-lost children.
Nine asked the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal to extend the local drama quota time past 10.00 pm to allow the network to move the low-rated series out of prime time and still have the episodes count toward their local drama content.
[2] In 2020, Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun included Possession in her feature about "long forgotten Australian TV dramas that made viewers switch off.
"[6] Summing up the show, Byrne stated: "In 1985 Channel 9 launched Possession, a soap about rich, conniving, scheming women, toy boys, love children, infidelity, plastic surgery, fights over inheritance, a secret agent and an assassination.